Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-27
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Notes from Southern CAL
ifOrnia.
WHAT GOES ON AROUND US.
Progress of the Nearby Towns an d
Surrounding Counties Passed
in Review.

Progress of the Nearby Towns an d
Surrounding Counties Passed
in Review.
FROM various exchanges coming to
the HERALD, the following notes OF pro-
gress in neighboring towns and counties
are cuIled. The first are from
ANAHEIM.
The ostriches have all been removed
te the new farm in North Anaheim.
The transfer of the birds was accom-.
plished without mishap, General Man.
acer Northam handling the fragile crea.
lures with an ease aud skill which
Strengthens the suspicion that he is
Msdrasee Prince in disguise, sojourniDg
in Anaheim temporarily for the benefit
of his health. Mr.. Athertop, an expert
ostrich keeper, will hereafter assist
Manager Nortnam in caring for the
farm.
There appears to be considerable
demand for wine lately, especially sweet
wines. Anaheim wine.makers have
been offered Is cents gallon for dry
wines and 42k cents per gallon for sweet
wines, but there is not much to sell at
these figures, holders asking 20 and 45
cents per gallon, respectively. As it
takes q gallons of dry wine to make
one gallon of sweet wine, the relative
prices of Is cents and 45 cents yield the
same profit to the wine maker--about
$3.50 to the acre.
The railroad to Anaheim as fixed
fact. 1t always has been a fixed fact.
Mr.. F. T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the
California Southern Railroad, says that
the cars of the Riverside Santa Aua Rail-
road will be running into Anaheim in
six months, and as much sooner as ties
can be procured. Mr.. Perris was in
town on Tuesday and suggested that the
depot grounds be procured forthwith as
the company might require them imme.
diately. He also indicated his choice OF
grounds, and steps were at once taken
by q number of our citizens to procure
the land indicated by the engineer.
The work of building the road from
Riverside and through the canon is being
delayed by reason of the difficulty in
procuring lies. The delay is unavoid.
able and arises from circumstances not
under the control of the company, who
are as anxious as the people that the
work be pushed.
The rumor that w. I. Coleman Co.,
r. G. Hewes, and the people of Modena
had offered the railroad company $780,.
600 to run their line between Modepa
and Mcpherson is said to be a hard-cash
fact, but whether these enterprising
people will carry their point is still in
doubt. The offer, however, will have
the effect of stimulating the people of
Santa Ana to greater efforts in getting
rights of way, a proceeding which We
understand is being attended with some
difficulty.
A surveying corps Of the Southern
Pacific are at work in the Yorba dis
trict. Their object is not clearly ap-
parent, though it is said their intention
is to run line from San Bernardino to
Los Angeles as close as possible to the
foothills, thus placing the Atchison road
between their two lines.
TUsTIN CITY.
A company has made a proposition
to build and operate $40. 900 hotel in
Tustin City, providing the citizens do
nate the site and 81 200 in cash. The
citizens held meeting Tuesday night to
act on this proposition. The land was
donated, 1863 subscribed and the balance
of the 81, 900 will be pledged, and work
commenced on the building in short
time. Tustin is not the least behind her
neighbors in enterprise.
There is nothing, farther than has al.
ready been published, Of facts regarding
the intentions of the A. I. & s. +. road.
The chief engineer OF the road was in
the city this week and went over the
proposed route to San Diego. There is
a rumor, which however cannot be
traced to reliable foundations, to the es.
feet that the road wants ten acres Of the
Spurgeon place instead of the McHenry
property. That they will put thereon
good depot buildings, machine shops and
round house for this division, Santa Ana
to be on the main line from the East to
San Diego, and also to have another
branch to Los Angeles. Representatives
of the Southern Pacific are also looking
over the ground and Tightening from
some direction will surely strike US soon.
NEWPORT.
In about ten days the government
survey of Newport harbor will beg n.
The surveyors are now at. work in San
Diego and as soon as their work is there
completed they will come to Newport.
Now let us hope and trust without ceas.
ing that this may prove to be merely the
6rst step leading to the final improve.
ment and betterinent of the harbor. The
measure is an important one to this
people.
FROM ORANGE.
Following is the list OF exports from
this station last week: Two cars raisins.
$4,000 lbs; five boxes raisins, $40 TBS;
l25 boxes, S720 lbs; 81 cases eggs, 1900
lbs; one car flour, 10000 lbs; merchan-
disc, l440 lbs. Total, 7S,630 lbs.
Orange has settled the right of way
business and the B1rruel Point people
have fixed matters in that neighborhood,
80 that the railroad has a clear sweep
from their present road line to Santiago
creek, and the company stands ready to
start work on the grading as soon as
Santa Ana performs her duty.
SANTA ANA.
The Santa Ana valley is one of largest
and most productive fruit districts in
California, and throughout this whole
section, of fifteen miles in length and
twenty in breadth, there is no canning
factory and 10 facilities whatever for
utilizing the vast sruit crop. There are
at least twelve thousand acres of vine-
yards and orchards in this valley. Thou.
sands of decduous fruit trees are bearing
all the best varieties of fruit-apples,
apricots, peaches, pears, prunes, figs,
etc., and every year sees the area devo.
ted to fruit culture extended, but nc
rroner facilities Droyided to work the